Curing hangar rash

There is no cure for hangar rash. There is only maintenance...

I patched seven holes in the covering.  Several of these holes came from trying to keep the struts on the wing panels - the eye-bolt heads poked through the covering.  Other holes were from things like bolt-heads in the jury struts and a general tear from I-don't-recall-why.

Patching is an easy affair with the Stewart Systems process and using the 30NF Fastbond from 3M.  I cut out doilies with pinking shears, lightly traced the shape on the covering, put a layer of 30NF and wiped off all the excess.  After it dried, I ironed the patch in place at 110C, then saturated the patch with more 30NF before wiping off all the excess.  After it dried again, ironing at 120C, putting on two layers of Glidden Gripper paint cut with 30% water by weight (15g paint + 5g water), and the repairs were completed.

 

Et voila, gone! 

 Trailer to-do's are now:

• figure out how all of Goat parts transport together
  
• take all of Goat for its first trip around the neighborhood 
• finish weld the upper rail to the vertical supports -- need Argon
• finish weld the frame joints -- need Argon
• UV paint on the plywood decking -- paint arrived

For the first-flight:

• covering repairs
• backyard final assembly and very thorough pre-flight check, including weight & balance
• buy weak-links and end rings
  
• get radios -- need 1x airborne, 1x in car

After the first-flight:

• leather patch to wing tips where will rub the ground
• leather patch guides for elevator control lines
• paint trim color
• wing root kiss seal
• main strut fairings
• jury strut fairings
  
• emergency parachute
  
• drogue chute
• variometer